Lei Wong Obituary (1934 - 2009)

Lei Inouye Wong, 75 Singers Glen Lei Inouye Wong, 75, a resident of 9174 Sparkling Springs Road, Singers Glen died August 16, 2009 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wong was born on April 21, 1934, in Kona, Hawaii and was the daughter of the late Tooru and Misao Kakizoe Inouye. She was an excellent student and served as editor of her high school newspaper. She attended the University of Hawaii and received a full scholarship to Northwestern University in Chicago where she met her husband, George. They moved to the Shenandoah Valley in 1960 and have resided in Sparkling Springs since 1963. Mrs. Wong was a watercolor artist and her work hang in homes across the country from here to Hawaii. She was a member of the Shenandoah Valley Water Color Society and served on the board of the Oasis Gallery in Harrisonburg. Mrs. Wong was an active volunteer in the community and spent many years as an election official for the Singers Glen precinct. On October 14, 1957, she married George Wong who survives. Also surviving are a daughter Lisa Wong Bouldin and husband Clay, Atlanta; two sons, Michael Wong and wife Phyllis, Harrisonburg, and Samuel Wong, Strasburg; two sisters, Akiko Higashi and husband Min; and Nancy Teshima and husband Ted; three brothers, Wesley Inouye and wife Tsuki, Harry Inouye and wife Marilyn, and Stanley Inouye and wife Janet; four grandchildren, Emerson Inouye Bouldin, Madeline Wong Bouldin, Kelsey Rebecca Wong, and Thomas Michael Wong. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Gale Inouye and Sue Inouye. Rev. A. Don Augsburger and Rev. Truman Brunk will officiate a memorial service Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Park View Mennonite Church. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from six until eight at the McMullen Funeral Home Harrisonburg. Memorial contributions may be made to the Singers Glen Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 75, Singers Glen, VA 22850 or the Rockingham Memorial Hospital, 235 Cantrell Avenue, Harrisonburg, VA 22802. Online condolences may be made to the family at mcmullenfh.com.